Picasso!

This weekend I was able to visit some friends who are living in Malaga which also happens to be the birth place of Pablo Picasso!! There were two birthdays to celebrate so many people were able to make the trip and it was such a great visit! I was so happy to see all of their faces and catch up since internet has been slow to arrive at many of our new pisos (apartments).

After seven hours of traveling on the buses I was able to catch up with friends and get some much needed rest. The next morning we started our adventure with a visit to the Picasso Museum. This past year I was able to visit the Seattle Art Museum and see the Picasso exhibit with my fourth grade class. They would have really enjoyed this museum in Malaga! The government spent 66 million euros on creating this museum with over 200 pieces of Picasso art.

After the museum we headed over to the house in which Picasso grew up in as a child. Pablo Picasso was forced to leave the country at the young age of nineteen and never returned but he did send much of his work to be displayed and several other family members have contributed as well. The house was redone and resembles a museum more than an apartment.

This is part of a theater from the Alcazaba. This part I hear was newly discovered in the past couple of years after some digging.

My roommates and I in the gardens of the Alcazaba.

This is a beautiful view of Malaga from the top.

After a long day of walking we decided that we could use a massage before hitting the town center for a night of fun.

In the town center there were people blowing large bubbles and children going crazy for them. It was so cute I just had to take a picture. I had an amazing weekend and can't wait for the next adventure. I am planning on heading back to Sevilla again for the next weekend.